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Old Oct 6th 2006, 2:59 am
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http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/05/pf/s...tips/index.htm

Starting Monday, the US won't confiscate medicine shipped from Canada -- is it now legal to import prescription drugs?

Getting cheaper prescription drugs from Canada just got easier. The Department of Homeland Security won't be confiscating medicine shipped from Canada to the United States. But before you go online, we're going to tell you what you need to know about this policy change.

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Originally Posted by kingfisher241049
http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/05/pf/s...tips/index.htm

Starting Monday, the US won't confiscate medicine shipped from Canada -- is it now legal to import prescription drugs?

Getting cheaper prescription drugs from Canada just got easier. The Department of Homeland Security won't be confiscating medicine shipped from Canada to the United States. But before you go online, we're going to tell you what you need to know about this policy change.

As a inhabitant of the US within an hours drive of Canada and 90 minutes from Montreal I would hereby like to take this oppurtunity to offer the US residents of BE a pick up and post it service at a very reasonable rate.
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As a inhabitant of the US within an hours drive of Canada and 90 minutes from Montreal I would hereby like to take this oppurtunity to offer the US residents of BE a pick up and post it service at a very reasonable rate.

Could you pick me up some BC skunk
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Originally Posted by Deer Hunter
Could you pick me up some BC skunk

PMSL - good choice! Just this week there was an article in our paper, about how good it was, and that BC smokes more than the rest of canada combined!
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It will be very interesting to see how this all unfolds in the future. Because of concerns raised by canadians about the possibilities of shortages of certain drugs, due to the demand online by americans, our federal govt is looking into how it can be strictly enforced so that shortage doesnt happen.

Wouldnt it just be easier if the states got their house in order. I have no idea but what is the system like in the states regarding prescription drugs?
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Originally Posted by rushman
As a inhabitant of the US within an hours drive of Canada and 90 minutes from Montreal I would hereby like to take this oppurtunity to offer the US residents of BE a pick up and post it service at a very reasonable rate.
Believe me Mate !!! ............... Having had very nasty experiences crossing back from Montreal to our side again in the past ............ I wouldn't offer to carry a lollypop
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Seniors down here have been buying Canadian drugs for years. Some Canadian firms actually opened offices down here. The Feds tried to put a stop to it, but the old fogeys must have screamed loudly enough for them to allow it again.
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Originally Posted by willmore
It will be very interesting to see how this all unfolds in the future. Because of concerns raised by canadians about the possibilities of shortages of certain drugs, due to the demand online by americans, our federal govt is looking into how it can be strictly enforced so that shortage doesnt happen.
Why wouldn't the drug companies just make more drugs?
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Believe me Mate !!! ............... Having had very nasty experiences crossing back from Montreal to our side again in the past ............ I wouldn't offer to carry a lollypop
What did they do?
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The bill only applies to people who cross the border from Canada. There is still a ban on having the drugs sent from Canada to someone's residence. Seniors and others who live near the border will benefit, but those who don't, don't. And the bill doesn't exempt drugs brought in from Mexico, so that route's out.
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What did they do?
I can imagine a lot of things they could have done with a lollipop.
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Could someone explain the system in the states regarding prescriptions, that forces americans to come to canada to buy their drugs?
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Could someone explain the system in the states regarding prescriptions, that forces americans to come to canada to buy their drugs?
That's pretty much what I want to know.

why is, for example.......Nexium $10 a bottle in Canada, yet $20 a bottle in the USA.
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Why wouldn't the drug companies just make more drugs?
Canada uses it's buying power to negotiate prices. Pharma has threatened to restrict supplies if they sell to the USA, because they get a better price in the states. They get a better price because big pharma owns the congress. They passed a law saying that medicare may not negotiare on behalf of it's members. Thus, nobody has the buying power to force the price down.
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Originally Posted by Manc
That's pretty much what I want to know.

why is, for example.......Nexium $10 a bottle in Canada, yet $20 a bottle in the USA.

I think Nexium costs a bit more - $4 a pill or $120 per month according to this site.

http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives...heartburn.html

Elsewhere I have seen it advertised online for even more - $169+ for 30 pills.

The sad thing is that it is not very different from generic omeprazole, which can be bought over the counter and is infinitely cheaper. But the company's saturation advertising campaign has clearly worked.
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